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http://marineregions.org/mrgid/5012 |
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| English | Martin Behaim Seamounts | IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names |
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Seamount(s) |
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38° 12' 0" N (38.2°) |
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27° 44' 0" W (-27.733333°) |
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IHO-IOC GEBCO Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names, available online at http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/gazetteer/ |
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Previous coordinates (en): Lat: 38.2; Long: -27.73333333 |
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GEBCO: associated meeting, proposer and year of proposal (en): Associated meeting: SCUFN-14. Proposer: Jean-René Vanney, University of Paris IV, France; and Portuguese Hydrographic Office (Instituto Hidrografico). Year of proposal: 2000. |
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GEBCO: discoverer and year of discovery (en): History: Named after the German navigator and cosmograph Martin Behaim (1459-1509). He was the geographer of the group which constructed the oldest globe (1492) still in existence. He introduced astrolabe for use on ships. Died in Lisbon, he was the son-i |
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Additional information (en): This is an elongated feature.Total relief (m): 1500. |
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Last edited on 2016-04-23 15:22:42 by Oset Garcia Paula
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